332812

Analysis

NAICS 332812 is the 2022 national industry for metal coating, engraving (except jewelry and silverware), and allied services to manufacturers, part of 33281 (Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities). Census lists 20 example activities under it in the official index.

County Business Patterns counts 2,672 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 54,251 people at an average annual payroll of $59,554 per employee (32nd percentile of national industries). 34% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities, with 49.9% of them.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include aluminum coating of metal products for the trade, bonderizing metal and metal products for the trade, chasing metals and metal products (except printing plates)… and coating metals and metal products for the trade, among 20 in all.

For example, engraving, chasing, or etching jewelry, metal personal goods, or precious metal products (except precious plated flatware and other plated ware) are classified in 339910 (Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing) instead.

Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 339910 and 323120. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.